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Immigrants

Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs) are foreign citizens who have been granted the right to reside permanently in the United States. Adults must be LPRs for over 5 years before they are eligible for public benefits, including public health care coverage such as Medi-Cal. Children are eligible even if they have been LPRs for less than 5 years.

Adults and families who have been Legal Permanent Residents for 5 or more years and are below 138% FPL are eligible for Medi-Cal. Those between 138% FPL and 400% FPL are eligible for Covered California.

As of legislation passed in June 2013, LPRs with less than 5 years residency, between 0 and 138% FPL, and without dependent children, will be eligible for a Covered California plan. The state will cover their premium costs, cost-sharing, and any Medi-Cal benefits not offered through their plan. Starting in 2014, or when the California Department of Health Care Services and Covered California have operational capability, this group will enroll into
Covered California during open enrollment but remain eligible for state-only Medi-Cal if they miss the open enrollment period. Until such operational capability is reached, LPRs with less than 5 years residency will remain covered under Medi-Cal.

* LPRs with less than 5 years residency, with Medi-Cal eligible children, will still be eligible for state-only Medi-Cal (same as current policy). LPRs with < 5 years residency and greater than 138% FPL to 400% FPL are eligible for tax credits to purchase a Covered California plan.

Undocumented immigrants below 200% FPL are eligible for HealthPAC. Undocumented children and adult immigrants below 138% FPL and individuals ineligible for any other type of public health insurance may be eligible to receive limited services under Emergency or Restricted Medi-Cal.

Benefits for sensitive services or for non-legal California residents are limited, but may include: